f honesty is brutal and the truth hurts, Killer Mike is pain personified.
Known among his peers as a man who holds his tongue for no one (not
even his mentors Outkast), Killa Kill from Adamsville has used his talents
to speak on whatever comes to mind and doesn’t give a damn what you think
about it. Rather, he’s concerned that you think about it.

words:
MAURICE G. GARLAND
photos:
JULIA BEVERLY
B30

OZONE AUGUST 2005

Today, however, Mike is actually pondering what people think of him, or not think
of him, for that matter. “I wasn’t on [OZONE’s] 25 Greatest Southern artists
list, and that’s a problem for me,” he growls, puffing on a freshly unwrapped Al
Capone cigar. “Somehow in the midst of twenty-five muthafuckas my name gets
forgotten? I’ma make sure that never happens again.”